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/ August 12, 2026
Clearwater Marine Aquarium is a nonprofit marine rescue and rehabilitation facility on Clearwater Beach, Florida, built in a former water treatment plant. What began in 1972 as the Clearwater Marine Science Center has grown into one of the best-known aquariums in the country, driven by
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/ August 5, 2026
Ice Breaker is a launched steel roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida, built by Premier Rides using its Sky Rocket model. It opened to the public on February 18, 2022, after an original 2020 debut was pushed back by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it
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/ August 3, 2026
Kumba, one of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s signature roller coasters, took its final ride on Sunday, August 2, 2026, closing permanently after 33 years of operation. The Bolliger & Mabillard steel looper had been a Tampa Bay thrill-ride staple since it opened on April 21,
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/ July 30, 2026
Lion Country Safari opened on August 29, 1967, in Loxahatchee near West Palm Beach, Florida, and is billed as the first cageless zoo and the nation’s first drive-through safari park. A group of South African and British entrepreneurs created the park so South Florida families
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/ July 25, 2026
ZooTampa at Lowry Park is a 63-acre nonprofit zoo in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood, and it’s just added the biggest expansion in its history: the Florida Waters area, home to a brand-new manatee rescue habitat, stingrays, otters, and jellies. Whether you’re mapping out hours and
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/ July 25, 2026
Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society sits inside Dreher Park in West Palm Beach, Florida, on a lush 23-acre site that has drawn visitors since it opened in 1961. What began as a small municipal attraction called the Dreher Park Farm Zoo has grown into
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/ June 30, 2026
Amalie Arena opened on October 20, 1996, as the Ice Palace in the Channelside District of Downtown Tampa, Florida. Built at a cost of approximately $139 million and owned by Hillsborough County, the 19,092-seat multipurpose arena became the permanent home of the NHL’s Tampa Bay
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/ June 29, 2026
EverBank Stadium sits on the banks of the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, serving as the home of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars since the franchise’s inaugural 1995 season. Built on the site of the old Gator Bowl Stadium and completed in under 20
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/ June 28, 2026
Wild Waters was a beloved 6-acre water park in Silver Springs, Florida, opening on April 28, 1978. Built by ABC Television as a sister attraction to the adjacent Silver Springs Nature Theme Park, it ranked among the first parks in the American South to use
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/ June 28, 2026
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre Africa-themed park in Tampa, Florida, that doubles as one of the region’s premier accredited zoos. Opened on March 31, 1959, as a hospitality attraction for the Anheuser-Busch brewery, it evolved over decades into a full-scale theme park featuring
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/ June 26, 2026
Universal Studios Florida opened on June 7, 1990, as the flagship park of what would become Universal Orlando Resort. Set on roughly 107 acres in Orlando, Florida, it was originally envisioned as both an active movie production facility and a themed entertainment destination — a
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/ June 24, 2026
EPCOT opened on October 1, 1982, as the second theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. Derived from Walt Disney’s original vision of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, the park was reimagined after his death as a permanent world’s fair
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/ June 23, 2026
Magic Kingdom opened on October 1, 1971, as the anchor park of Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. Modeled closely after Disneyland in Anaheim, the 107-acre park debuted with 23 attractions spread across six themed lands, welcoming guests with admission priced at $3.50
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/ June 18, 2026
Slinky Dog Dash is a family launched steel roller coaster located in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Manufactured by Mack Rides and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, it opened on June 30, 2018, as one of two headline
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/ June 14, 2026
Mako is a steel hypercoaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and opened on June 10, 2016. Standing 200 feet tall and stretching 4,760 feet of track, it debuted as the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in
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